News for Friday, January 14, 2011

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The Newton Citizen Poll is a compilation of opinions submitted by readers. They do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Citizen newspapers. If you agree or disagree with something you read here, you may respond by e-mailing poll@newtoncitizen.com. Please remember that the Citizen Poll is not a forum for comments either for or in opposition to candidates seeking elective office."It seems that Commissioner Ewing is getting a lot of undeserved credit/blame re. the SPLOST. If the news reports are correct, he was the only one who had a list at the time set for the commissioners to have lists to consider; even the chairman did not have one at that time. The AG center was not his idea but one requested by a group that asked him to include it on his list. Someone is in error if they think the airport is in his district (which is the only place news has reported proposed center might be located).

Willie Williams and Curtis Hardeman with Newton County Public Works shovel sand onto the ice at the McGiboney Road Recycling Center off Brown Bridge Road on Friday afternoon. The recycling center and two others closed at noon Thursday due to icy roadways and reopened at noon Friday. All recycling centers will be closed Monday in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Citations will be issued to anyone who leaves garbage outside the gates.

David Chandley is a heck of a guy -- and has impeccable timing. Although he was born in New Jersey and spent his childhood and youth moving around the country he returned to his parents' roots and entered the University of Georgia in 1980.

The shootings in Tucson, Ariz., last weekend of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and others should be treated for what it is: A tragedy involving a deranged individual conflicting with society. However, from the start of the reporting and continuing at a furious clip, accusations and innuendos designed to put blame on the conservative right are incessant from all directions.

On the Beat is an occasional reporting of various crimes and complaints confronted by law enforcement personnel in Newton County in the course of their duties. It is compiled by News Editor Barbara Knowles, who can be reached at barbara.knowles@newtoncitizen.com.

In days of old, when someone messed with a king, he was usually thrown in the dungeon without trial or jury. Justice was swift and mercy was rare. That's because, oftentimes, the king held things together. Loved or hated, he was a force to be reckoned with. He had power and powerful friends, and messing with him wasn't advised. On that subject, little has changed through the centuries, as you'll see in "Burial for a King" by Rebecca Burns.

Michael Neal Kendall and Erica Ruth Price were married Oct. 2, on the back lawn beside the Cooper River at Rice Hope Plantation in Moncks Corner, S.C. The late Pastor Tony Woodruff officiated the ceremony.

Willie Williams and Curtis Hardeman with Newton County Public Works shovel sand onto the ice at the McGiboney Road Recycling Center off Brown Bridge Road on Friday afternoon. The recycling center and two others closed at noon Thursday due to icy roadways and reopened at noon Friday. All recycling centers will be closed Monday in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Citations will be issued to anyone who leaves garbage outside the gates.